The Crew will open the Gregg Berhalter era with a road game on March 8 against D.C. United.

In the earliest release in league history, Major League Soccer unveiled the entire 2014 schedule
yesterday, nearly two weeks before the season concludes with the MLS Cup on Dec. 7. The Crew will
have a week off after the season opener before playing host to Philadelphia on March 22. Four of
the team’s games will be televised nationally — one on the NBC Sports Network, the other three on
UniMas.

The league will again feature a 34-game schedule but will take a two-week break June 12-24 to
account for group play in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. As a result, the Crew will play six games
in May and only three in June.

Berhalter will face his mentor and former coach Bruce Arena when the Los Angeles Galaxy comes to
Crew Stadium on Aug. 16 as part of the team’s longest homestand — a three-game stint August
9-23.

The Crew will close the season with three straight road games before playing host to
Philadelphia on Oct. 26.

Elsewhere, the Crew selected goalkeeper Brad Stuver yesterday in the league’s waiver draft. The
Cleveland State product spent most of this season with the Crew as one of the league’s pool
goalkeepers.

Stuver joins Matt Lampson and Daniel Withrow as goalkeepers on the Crew roster. Veteran Andy
Gruenebaum remains out of contract, but an agreement between him and the club could be announced as
soon as today.